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Once again will feature the best writing from city magazines across America. Send stories to @milehighrobert or to robert(at)5280(dot)com.

 Denver, Colorado
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The Denver Post
@denverpost14 Mar 2024
Gov. Jared Polis signs bill exempting lawmakers from parts of open-meetings law trib.al/nT0HxEk

Gov. Jared Polis signs bill exempting lawmakers from parts of open-meetings law

Colorado lawmakers are now exempt from parts of the state’s open-meetings law after Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill that legalizes longstanding practices challenged by transparency advocates.

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@5280Magazine8 Mar 2024
30 years ago, the barnstorming Colorado Silver Bullets women’s baseball team played its first season to national fanfare. Decades later, the players have moved on, even as their legacy is still being written. 5280.com/all-woman-colorado-… #InternationalWomensDay @CityReads

Looking Back On the All-Woman Colorado Silver Bullets Baseball Team

Thirty years ago, the barnstorming Colorado Silver Bullets played their first season to national fanfare. Three decades later, the players have moved on, even as their legacy is still being written.

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Colorado's all-women Silver Bullets baseball team played its first games 30 years ago. For @5280Magazine, I wrote about the team, its players and their baseball legacy. 5280.com/all-woman-colorado-…

Looking Back On the All-Woman Colorado Silver Bullets Baseball Team

Thirty years ago, the barnstorming Colorado Silver Bullets played their first season to national fanfare. Three decades later, the players have moved on, even as their legacy is still being written.

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I wrote about the Colorado Silver Bullets, the all-women baseball team that played its first games 30 years ago this year. 5280.com/all-woman-colorado-… @Longreads

Looking Back On the All-Woman Colorado Silver Bullets Baseball Team

Thirty years ago, the barnstorming Colorado Silver Bullets played their first season to national fanfare. Three decades later, the players have moved on, even as their legacy is still being written.

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"If this becomes law ... an entire committee could meet a week before the session begins to discuss a hypothetical bill they are likely to hear in the next session, hammer out the details of that bill, and not violate the open meeting laws." #coleg denverpost.com/2024/02/22/se…

Editorial: Senate Bill 157 would exempt too much of lawmakers’ work from public scrutiny

In the face of stout opposition — and a little name-calling — Senate President Steve Fenberg postponed the first hearing on his bill to modify Colorado’s open meetings laws.

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This is good.
The Sunday Long Read
@sundaylongread1 Feb 2024
This unique #SLROriginal serves as both a rebuttal of the “golden years” myth and a self-aware celebration of the wisdom that comes with very old age. sundaylongread.com/2024/01/2…

In the Land of the Very Old - The Sunday Long Read

“Getting old is not for sissies," Jimmy Buffet once said.

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It's nice to get namechecked in the @washingtonpost. I got so much hate on social media for my profile of Lia Thomas (and it's possibly the reason I got hacked on my old Twitter account), but it's good to know that SI staffers thought I did notable work. washingtonpost.com/sports/20…

Sports Illustrated publisher pulls transgender boxing story from magazine

In a move multiple staffers said they had never seen before, the executive told top editors to not include piece in upcoming issue.

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Let's also not forget that Nolan Ryan threw this pitch so hard that Jim Sundberg split his pants when he caught the ball. That's why Sundberg grabs his rear end.
BaseballHistoryNut
@nut_history1 Feb 2024
It’s Nolan Ryan’s 77th birthday. Let’s not forget when he threw 85 mph at 63 years old. Good thing they didn’t have him warm up, he would’ve touched 90.
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Katya Cengel@kcengel3 Dec 2023
Expertise is not everything. Great feature about flawed fire science and a couple found guilty of killing their children by @MileHighRobert for @5280 5280.com/did-bad-fire-scienc…

Did Bad Fire Science Send Tim and Deb Nicholls to Prison?

Did bad fire science send Tim and Deb Nicholls, two Colorado parents, to prison?

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Never forget that John Elway married a former Raiders cheerleader.
Dave Kluge
@DaveKluge25 Jan 2024
Russell Wilson should go full heel and sign with the Las Vegas Raiders.
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"We never intended for this story to reach an international audience, but that’s what happened when a thief decided to prevent others from reading the story and stole the newspapers out of a dozen racks in Ridgway and Ouray last week." via @ocplaindealer ouraynews.com/2024/01/24/loc…

The local news minefield: tough decisions, lessons learned - News

Publishing a small newspaper feels like tiptoeing through a minefield each week. We debate the smallest details to identify potential hazards before taking a step.

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The Denver Post
@denverpost23 Jan 2024
BREAKING NEWS: Rockies icon Todd Helton elected to Baseball Hall of Fame Story via @psaundersdp: trib.al/PebVzID

Rockies icon Todd Helton elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Sweet-swinging Todd Helton, the beloved heart and soul of the Rockies for 17 seasons, has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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I sat in the waiting room at my son's doctor's office a few months ago and watched a woman go through two issues of @5280magazine—where I work. This woman even got out her phone to take photographs of the stories. I've never felt prouder.
Drew Savicki
@DrewSav23 Jan 2024
The advent of smartphones killed off magazines in waiting rooms, which kept magazines afloat far longer than you would have thought.
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Mike Wiggins@mikewiggins7618 Jan 2024
Someone didn't like this edition of @ocplaindealer. (Guess which article.) So they stole nearly every newspaper out of our racks in Ouray County. If you hoped to silence or intimidate us, you failed miserably. We'll find out who did this. And another press run is imminent.
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Where's the swim team stuff?
Georgetown NIL Store@GeorgetownNIL17 Jan 2024
It’s basketball season and you know what that means, JERSEYS! 🏀 Get your Georgetown Basketball jersey on the site now! NIL.Store/Georgetown
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Thanks so much!
Katya Cengel@kcengel3 Dec 2023
Expertise is not everything. Great feature about flawed fire science and a couple found guilty of killing their children by @MileHighRobert for @5280 5280.com/did-bad-fire-scienc…

Did Bad Fire Science Send Tim and Deb Nicholls to Prison?

Did bad fire science send Tim and Deb Nicholls, two Colorado parents, to prison?

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I still think Karlis missed that field goal in overtime.
Old Time Football 🏈
@Ol_TimeFootball11 Jan 2024
January 11, 1987 #AFCChampionship The Drive John Elway takes the #Broncos 98 yards in 15 plays. He throws a touchdown to Mark Jackson with :37 left to send the game to overtime. #BroncosCountry
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"The windup... and the pitch."
NFL
@NFL8 Jan 2024
12 years ago today in the Wild Card… @TimTebow to Demaryius Thomas for the win in overtime! #NFLPlayoffs (Jan. 8, 2012)
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Jena Griswold@JenaGriswold5 Jan 2024
Colorado’s 2024 Presidential primary ballot is certified. The United States Supreme Court has accepted the case, and Donald Trump will appear on the ballot as a result.
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Also in February, I spoke with @CityReads about Howard’s all-black swim team — the only one in the U.S. It’s a great story about believing in HBCU’s and how their mission extends beyond the pool. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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